Saturday, June 23, 2012

'Nuff said

'It is evident to this court that the legislature has abdicated its responsibility and passed to the executive branch, in this case the [Arkansas Department of Correction], the unfettered discretion to determine all protocol and procedures, most notably the chemicals to be used, for a state execution. The [Method of Execution Act] fails to provide reasonable guidelines for the selection of chemicals to be used during lethal injection and it fails to provide any general policy with regard to the lethal-injection procedure. Despite the fact that other states may analyze similar statutes differently according to their respective constitutions, we are bound only by our own constitution and our own precedent.'